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Re:Own-Mailbox, the first 100% confidential mailbox by c22 on Monday June 29, 2015 @08:09PM (#9802035)
> 10 free messages * 20 major providers * 93mm computers = 18 billion spams per day

I don't get this, is this assuming all 93 million consumer connections are infected with the same malware?

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Re:Own-Mailbox, the first 100% confidential mailbox by vidarh on Monday June 29, 2015 @08:40PM (#9802114)
It's assuming that they're all infected by some malware. Of course not all of them are, but realistically there are also thousands of providers, not 20.
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